Pasadena Villa Outpatient – Jacksonville

Associate Vice President of Outpatient Operations.

Sloan Huggins, MEd, NCC, LCMHC

Sloan brings a wealth of clinical and operational experience to the Pasadena Villa team. In her role as Regional Executive Director, Outpatient Services, she provides multi-site leadership and coordination for the entire outpatient network in the state of North Carolina. Prior to her role with Pasadena Villa, Sloan was the Executive Program Director of Legacy Freedom Treatment Centers where she oversaw programming for a network of substance abuse treatment facilities in North Carolina and Ohio. Her responsibilities included program and staff development, ensuring programmatic and regulatory compliance, and providing clinical direction and leadership. During her tenure at Legacy, Sloan also developed and implemented a Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program (MHIOP) and was instrumental in establishing the very first standalone, private detox facility in the state of North Carolina where she also served at Executive Program Director.

Sloan’s clinical experience spans across the continuum of behavioral healthcare. She has facilitated individual, group, couples, and family therapy in both outpatient and inpatient treatment settings and has provided clinical services for community mental health centers and corrections facilities. Sloan previously worked as a Psychotherapist for Carolinas Healthcare System (now Atrium Health) at the Behavioral Health Charlotte Hospital, where she worked on the adult inpatient unit with severe and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) patients. In 2014, Sloan founded her own private practice specializing in the treatment of personality, mood, and substance use disorders. Sloan obtained a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Winthrop University, is a National Certified Counselor, and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina. Sloan is also a member of the American Counseling Association.

Executive Director

Robert Yagoda, LMHC, LPC, LCPC, CAP

Robert Yagoda is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has been working in mental health for over 18 years. He specializes in the areas of eating disorders, addiction, depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders. He believes that there are many approaches when trying to heal from a complex issue affecting your life. He integrates evidenced based practices that best fits with the person he is working with. Robert’s philosophy in helping has always focused on the person and the fostering of a positive relationship. He specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), solution focused therapy and skills training. Therapy is a tool that allows individuals to challenge their thought processes, belief systems, learn new information, create a plan of attack, develop new skills, and replace unhealthy habits. While in his care, one can expect to feel safe and express themselves without feeling judged.

Nurse Practitioner

Sarah Lynch, DNP, PMHNP, FNP

Sarah Lynch is double board certified as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and a Family Nurse Practitioner and received her Doctorate in Nursing from University of North Florida. She completed her psychiatric clinical training at Mayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry. She has served as Adjunct Faculty with the University of North Florida School of Nursing focusing on psychiatric nursing. She works in outpatient adult psychiatry and has experience treating patients across the lifespan as well as addiction psychiatry and perinatal mood disorders. She is passionate about providing safe and effective community based mental health care.

Therapist

Daphney Kelly, MS, RMCHI, NCC

Daphney completed her bachelor’s degree in public health at the University of North Florida. Among her undergraduate experiences was interning with Her Song Jacksonville, a local organization that works with the FBI to provide housing and counseling services to survivors of human trafficking in the United States. Before continuing her education, she served 11 months as a Care Coordinator in the National Health Corps AmeriCorps Program in rural Yulee, Florida. Her role was to promote continuity of care to patients admitted for substance use and mental health crises. Following her service, Daphney remained in Yulee as a Case Manager for the Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) program at Starting Point Behavioral Health. Upon completion of her master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling, she was a psychotherapist at Turning Tides Eating Disorder Treatment Center where she developed a passion for working with individuals living with eating disorders. Daphney is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) currently working toward her licensure as an RMCHI. Given her unique clinical and educational background, Daphney enjoys opportunities to provide both wellness planning and clinical mental health counseling services to Pasadena Villa clients. Daphney has worked with adolescent clients aged 12 to 17 and adults aged 18 to 65, primarily in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient care settings. Her primary therapeutic intervention approach is person-centered and focused on a collaborative relationship with clients to help make measurable progress toward overarching treatment goals. Daphney is well-versed in the foundations of CBT and DBT principles and uses such interventions frequently in her clinical work.